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Big Rock Nature Preserve
Big Rock Rockshelter
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TypeNature reserve, Historic site
LocationCharlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates35°3′41.4″N 80°49′39.5″W / 35.061500°N 80.827639°W / 35.061500; -80.827639
Area23 acres (9.3 ha)[1]
Created1994 (1994)[1]
Administered byMecklenburg County
OpenSunrise to sunset

The Big Rock Nature Preserve is a nature preserve and park with a natural rock shelter in Charlotte, North Carolina. Big Rock is known for its "very big and quite significant rocks"[2] which are the largest known exposed boulders in Mecklenburg County. The eponymous rocks are part of a granite pluton and form a natural rock shelter with archaeological evidence of human use dating to 5500 BC.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Big Rock Nature Preserve". Parks and Recreation. Mecklenburg County. Archived from the original on 2016-09-25. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  2. ^ "Big Rock Nature Preserve". Camera Obscura. 2017-05-13. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  3. ^ Fischer, Fred W. (1987-07-24). Big Rock Rockshelter Site (Report). Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Properties Commission. Retrieved 2023-11-23.

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